GM norm for V R Aravindh Chithambaram after only 8 rounds

Mozharov in sole lead, Vishnu Prasanna stuns Popov

International Master Mozharov Mikhail of Russia moved into sole lead with 7.0 points after the eighth round of the Chennai Grandmaster International Open Chess tournament held in celebration of the FIDE World Championship Match 2013 at Nehru Stadium, Chennai here today.

Indian prodigy, 14-year-old FIDE Master V R Aravindh Chithambaram shared the second spot with fellow Indian GM Vishnu Prasanna at 6.5 points.

In upsets of the day, top seed GM Popov Ivan of Russia went down to GM Vishnu Prasanna (India), while IM Swayams Mishra (India) stunned GM Babujian Levon (Armenia).

IM Swayams Mishra – GM Babujian Levon

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 Be6 10.Rc1 c5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Bb1 Rc8 13.Ne5 Re8 14.Qd3 c4 15.Qc2 Nb4 16.Qe2 Nd7 17.Bg3 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qd7 19.Rcd1 Red8 20.a3 Nd3 21.Bxd3 cxd3 22.Rxd3 Qc6 23.Rfd1 a5 24.h3 b5 25.Qf3 b4 26.axb4 axb4 27.Nxd5 Bxd5 28.Rxd5 Rxd5 29.Rxd5 Qc1 30.Kh2 Qxb2 31.Rd7 Re8 32.Qd5 Kf8 33.Qd3 Rc8 34.e6 fxe6 35.Bd6 Bxd6 36.Qxd6 Kg8 37.Qxe6 Kh8 38.Rb7 Rg8 39.f4 Qc3 40.Rb5 Qe1 41.Qe4 Qd2 42.Rxb4 Qc3 43.Qd4 Qc7 44.Rb6 Rd8 45.Rxh6 Kg8 46.Qb6 1-0

Important Results (Round 8) : (Indians unless specified) :

Aravindh Chithambaram (6.5) drew with Mozharov Mikhail (Rus) 7, V Vishnu Prasanna (6.5) bt Popov Ivan (Rus) 5.5, Rishi Sardana (Aus) 5 lost to M R Lalith Babu (6), Swayams Mishra (6) bt Babujian Levon (Arm) 5, Papin Vasily (Rus) 5.5 drew with Neverov Valeriy (Ukr) 5.5, Ter-Sahakyan Samvel (Arm) 5.5 bt S Ravi Teja (5), Gagare Shardul (4.5) lost to Borovikov Vladislav (Ukr) 5.5, Sethuraman S P (5.5) bt Narayanan Srinath (4.5), Aditya Udeshi (4.5) lost to M Shyam Sundar (5.5)

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